New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-14
TRIAL TRIP or TIE NETWORK.
THE NEW ALBANY STEAMER RUNS TO YoNKEr

THE NEW ALBANY STEAMER RUNS TO YoNKERs
IN THIRTY-FIvE MINUTEs-HER MACHINERY
The steamer em-York, OF the Albany Day Line,
made her trial trip yesterday She is the largest
boat OF line being fifteen feet longer than her
sister steamer, the Albany. The trial wac mads Dy
the before delivering the boat to the owners
A large number of guests was invited. among them
being Alfred Van Santsoord The owner; Charles 4.
eantvoord, George L. Weed, Charles ii. Weed. IT, b.
Mallory, Isaac l.. Fisher, Alexander Pollock, Andrew
Fletcher F. b. Stevens. s. Taylor. George II. Robin
son, Henri, Levrat. James A. Dumont, W. e. william
son. inventor Of the steering apparatus Robert Keller
Charles Harvey, ID. ID. Alerton, Garrett hoach,
Ed win jackson, s A. Gardner, Warren Z. HILL
Charles f. Emery and H. Roelker
At2 o'clock ID. H. Deming, OF the steamer Albany,
who acted as pilot, sgnaed the engineer. blew long
blast the whistle and turned the prov up the river
Az the New York left the pier the tugs aud
sounded their whistles in salute to tue new steamer
that had come among them. The boat seemed almost
conscious OF her own strength as she swept past all
the smaller craft Only words OF admiration were
heard every side for tue steamer Those who were
anxiously watching the speed claimed that the run
from Tw entv-second-st. to Yonxers aoout fourteen
miles. was ade in less than thirty live minutes. AT
Yobkers the boat turned and came down the river
and steau ed through the harbor, returning TO her
The hull OF the vessel was built at Wilmington.
DEL by the Harlan Holingsworth Company, AND
H. with the exception the deck frame made OF IRON
throughout he dimensions of hull are as follows:
Length ON the line 3Ol feet length over All Sli
feet. breadth OF beam moulded Az feet, oreadtn Oh
beam over guards "a feet. depth moulded ~ ieet .
inches draft OF water teet tonnage tnet 109l:S
1852. 90. The machinery was built by the W. a.
Fletcher COMPANY, North River Iron Works, oil TINS
city. The engine is standard American beam engine
with q cylinder seventy-nve inches in diameter ana
twelve feet stroke Of piston. Ihe boat has also
y feathering wheels" each provided with twelve
curved steel buckets Each bucket three fect nine
inches wide and twelve feet six inches long ms al
vantages of the "teathering wheels" are gain IN
speed and he absence of the jar that so often
steamboat travel I" . pleasure that's all out pam
Steam is supplied to the engine by three return nue.
boilers each nine and quarter feet diameter OF SMELL
eleven feet width of front and thirty ieet long
These boilers constructed tor working pressure
Of ifty pounds per square inch. Each boiler has
crate surface of stventysix square feet or Zo s9nae
feet in ALL and with the forced craught produce 3ooV
horsepower -
The New-Yvrk has also the Williamson steam
steerer. By means OF which man may guide the
boat with quckness and precision, and with less effort
than would be required to steer sloop yacht The
Joiner work was done by John f. Hofmire q Son;
The exterior painted white, relieved will tints and
gold The inter- is finished in hard wood ash being
used forward OF the shaft on the main deck ana
mahogany att and in the dining cabin. The saloons
on The promena deck also finished In ash Inc
decorations were designed and turn shed by D. 5 hese
e. Co, and the painting. outside and IN, 10 by H. J'
Benson.